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Benihana_restaurant_%28Manhattan%2C_New_York%29.jpgKeiko Ono Aoki, the widow of Benihana founder Rocky Aoki, is in the midst of a long court battle to gain control of all of the fortune founded on spatula juggling and onion volcanoes. She's already gained control of her husband's $35 million estate, and is now trying to get another $3 million out of her six step-children, who claim it belongs to them as part of a trust their father started. [NYP]

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